A Long Weekend in the Bay Area, California – September 2023
Charles Hood and others spent August tormenting me – and possibly other seal lovers – with their posts of multiple Guadalupe Fur Seals in Monterey Bay. This is not an e
Baird’s Beaked Whale in California (not chaseable)
If one premise of this site is that all mammal species can be seen somewhere — once we figure out where that “somewhere” is — then I wanted to pass on infor
Guad Fur Seal and Baird’s Beaked Whale Update
Just a quick note on marine mammals off of California. Baird’s Beaked Whales were reported from a recent all-day pelagic trip out of Monterey. Good sources for these trips ar
Guadalupe Fur Seal Update
Passing on second-hand report from birding forum. +++ David Povey on 30 April 2021: “An interesting marine mammal sighting was a total of three Guadalupe Fur Seals. Two over
A good year for Guadalupe Fur Seals in USA waters?
Alvaro Jaramillo is a Chilean bird tour leader based in Half Moon Bay, California. One of his offshore trips had Guadalupe Fur Seal last weekend, and I went out of Moss Landing on
MARINE MAMMAL BONANZA
Hello mammal watchers. The tour company NozoMojo runs wildlife focused tours on small ships. We have a few spaces available in 2020 on voyages to two very distinct destinati
Report of Baird’s Beaked Whale and Guadalupe Fur Seal from Southern California
This is a second-hand report of two good species from Southern California, but neither can be chased (unless you have a private yacht). Just as well — Jon Hall is out of leav